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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-F1B9B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver halfcrown of Charles I, the coin is very worn and the inscription has been clipped.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.93 g
Diameter: 31 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half crown
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver halfcrown: Charles I, not further defined
Obverse description: very worn, horse galloping left, nothing under its feet. Charles has sword raised vertically in front.
Reverse description: royal crest in oval border
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Ratcliffe on the Wreake (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6314
Four figure Latitude: 52.71999336
Four figure longitude: -1.06872554
1:25K map: SK6314
1:10K map: SK61SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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